California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Clark, 10 Cal.Rptr.2d 554, 3 Cal.4th 41, 833 P.2d 561 (Cal. 1992):
In People v. Hovey (1988) 44 Cal.3d 543, 570-571, 244 Cal.Rptr. 121, 749 P.2d 776, we rejected a similar contention. There, the defendant was arrested and booked into jail. The booking officers inventoried the contents of the defendant's wallet, including an incriminating receipt. We held not only that it was permissible to inventory
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